I've had 9 major surgeries in my life so I am like a pain description guru....

So can anyone describe what the pain feels like on the day after the surgery in detail?

Thank you

(Trying to consider what to expect)

Also, what pain meds do most people get sent home with?

I had my surgery 6 days ago... Ill tell you that my 4 child births were way worse.

The way I felt after my surgery was like I had way too much food to eat and I had a stomach ache. I'll tell you this... I had more pain from my catheter than surgery.

Keep pushing that pain med button and stay on top of the liquid meds too.

~Leticia **SW: 259**PreOp: 216**SURG: 3/21/13 **Discharged @: 221**6 days post op: Down 15 lbs**

I was achy more than anything I have no doubt if I hadn't been hitting my pain pump that moving woulda been pretty sharp pain though!!! Went home on hydrocodone elixir, took 4 or 5 doses total if that, bottle is almost full, most of those were at bedtime so i would sleep those first nights.

I've had 9 major surgeries in my life so I am like a pain decription guru....

So can anyone describe what the pain feels like on the day after the surgery in detail?

Thank you

(Trying to consider what to expect)

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The day after surgery was the worst day. Not so much pain but very emotional!! I cried and cried. I felt very sick to my stomach.

Im still pre op but to answer one of your questions, my surgeon sends his patients home with liquid percocet.

I didnt think the pain was that bad! Just make sure you get up and move around. I had my pain pump taken my 1st day after surgery due to reactions and didnt take any other pain meds after that 1st day!

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For me it was the gas. You have to get up and move around for that gas to come out.

You want honesty. The day after surgery was to this day the only day I regretted having the surgery. I cried for half the day I was in pain. That morning the pump was removed and I couldn't drink let alone drink meds and walk?! I had cried for 3/4 of the day. Then it became mind over mood. I had to drink my medicine to get pain relief to be comfortable to go home.

Maybe by 4-5pm my pain was controlled my gas was minimal and I was in and out sleep. But 3 day day when I went home I was comfortable and 3 days at home in and out of sleep was enough I wanted to feel normal and stopped my pain meds at 3 days home. I wasn't in pain anymore either I was okay. Sore but okay.

I've had a csection and this day after RNY was worse than csection.

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I didnt think the pain was that bad! Just make sure you get up and move around. I had my pain pump taken my 1st day after surgery due to reactions and didnt take any other pain meds after that 1st day!

I hope that is how mine goes!

I had my surgery on Monday and the only times I felt enough pain to complain were immediately after surgery, but really it was the nausea from the anesthesia that affected me the most. When I was brought to my room I asked to walk right away to the bathroom, they were surprised but I was determined and successful. The second time I had a lot of pain was when my IV was removed due to my hand swelling and for 45 minutes Monday night I was off my IV pain meds and liquids. Other than that it is just uncomfortable and once I went home 2 and a half days after surgery I immediately started feeling better.

I think everyone has different pain tolerance. It is best if you have something to compare it to. I've had about six surgeries the last being a colon resection which was a 5 hour surgery...and the worst. They didn't even get me out of the bed for two days. Compared to that this was a piece of cake. The worst part for me was when I woke up. I've never been nauseous before after surgery, but once they got it under control I was fine. That evening I was doing laps in the hallway. They had me on morphine the first day and switched over to vicadin... sent home with vicadin but didn't really need it. I think I took one the night I got home.

I think the staples hurt worse thant the incision...I really still can't figure out why they had to staple small lap incisions

Good Luck!

WOWOW sooo much information!!! Thank you all so much!

I am hoping to not be on pain meds after day 1. I have bad allergies, including morphine. Being in pain for me, so sometimes better than the reactions I have to meds.

So on that note, I am going to start another thread topic about anesthesia and nausea.... and if that describes you, please respond in the new topic.

THANK YOU ALL

And to the lady who had several surgeries including the colon resection.; OMG poor child! I am glad you made a comparison. I had a large bone graft procedure after a bone infection and my bone had crumbled/disintegrated basically inside of me. It was very painful. On another occasion, I had a gall bladder attack for 2 weeks straight before it burst and I passed out. I remember the pain and the recovery. Other occassions were ovarian cysts which SUCKED.

This was my first surgery. The pain was truly not that bad. Yes, there was pain, but it was truly tolerable. The best word for me to describe it is "discomfort."

My pain the day after surgery was more like tenderness than pain. I also had some muscle stiffness in my abdomen. I kept finding myself hunching over almost in anticipation of pain that I didn't actually have, so when I'd lay down in bed and stretch out slowly it felt really good. The only thing I would really classify as pain was the gas. I had no pain pump and no IV pain meds. I had 3 doses of Percocet orally in my first 48 hours and have had nothing since. They gave me simethicone for the gas (Gas X) and I kept moving and rolling back and forth in the bed. During the night my second night I passed gas several times and that was it. Since then the only pain I've had is tenderness when I accidentally bump an incision site and then, of course, when I gave myself the Lovenox injections for 5 days after I left the hospital (those smarted!!!). I'm now 1 week post op and have no pain what so ever.

Uggh! Lovenox is the worst! I had that when I was in the hospital once, and it was even worse when I had to give it to myself when I got home!

Thank you guys for the info! I haven't asked my dr about pain meds yet, that'll be on my list for next time! I've been in the hospital so many times I don't wanna count and had a bunch of surgeries so I'm hoping this won't be worse than any of those, the worst being ovary removal where they cut open my abdomen muscle.